The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 59, Issue 6 763-766, Copyright © 1977 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

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Partial or total meniscectomy: a comparative analysis

JB McGinity, LF Geuss and RA Marvin

We studied a total of 128 cases of meniscectomy, eighty-nine total and thirty-nine partial, and evaluated the relative postoperative morbidity. The patients who had a partial meniscectomy had a shorter hospital stay and spent less time using crutches. Those with a total meniscectomy had four times the incidence of major postoperative complications. Partial meniscectomy gave better subjective functional results and better anatomical results in all the criteria studied.
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